Any body know the chance of getting through the SVA with twin 45's, slim or very slim??

Depends on the age of your engine....

It will be brand new, in the middle of a complete rebuild.

let me re-phrase that.. it depends on when your engine was first manufactured, if your engine was made post 95 then you would have to run a cat and anything less than injection would probably fail. if you were to use a 1970 crossflow then the emisions would b checked at a level to suit a a 1970 engine.....any help?

Quite right Viper. I know someone who stamped an engine number on his X'Flow, knowing it to be a '73 engine number. Then, as you have to, obtained the paperwork from Ford confirming year as '73 thereby qualifying for emisions test, both at SVA and MOT as "no visible smoke" only. Sailed through with twin 40's.

So Macspeedy if your Pinto were to have come from a Mark 3 Cortina.....

Thanks for the input, i remember reading a while ago that if you register your car as an amateur build that means it has to pass older emssions, not sure if that is rubbish, does anybody else know??

What else would it be if not "amateur built"?

The SVA test is different to a "normal" MOT test with regard to emissions (see my "Bl**dy emissions" post).

It's exactly as Viper says, if your engine was manufactured before 1st August 1995 then it'll be tested at the 3.5% CO level if after then 0.3% CO level.

If your engine is post Aug '95 then you'll have to have a CAT and go to the trouble that's been described to me in the post I mentioned above.

HTH

it could possibley be a rebuilt vehicle or in extreme cases a radically altered vehicle.

If it's before '75 then THERE IS NO EMMISION TEST - Ok?

And that's for SVA and MOT.